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Menglin Xu (徐梦麟)

3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009XUME01

Menglin Xu (徐梦麟) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.55, set at Beijing Winter 2011, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,566th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2009, he has put 458 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.93 in August 2009 to 10.55, a 29% improvement. Menglin has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.55
signature single · Beijing Winter 2011
458
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.5511.83
top 9.1%3,566 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed15.9318.35
top 10.0%980 / 5,922
4×440.6146.17
top 12.8%1,378 / 5,926
2×23.165.18
top 16.1%2,585 / 15,796
5×51:25.871:37.57
top 24.0%1,135 / 2,816
3×3 blindfolded3:25.47
early days — 2 solves829 / 1,183

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Beijing Summer Open 2009: 14.93Beijing Winter 2009: 13.88Changchun Open 2010: 12.05Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 13.27Taiyuan 2010: 13.44ChangChun 2010: 12.96Tianjin Open 2010: 11.77Beijing Winter 2011: 10.55Beijing Spring 2011: 11.27Beijing Summer Open 2011: 11.06Human Rights Day 2011: 12.44Tianjin Open 2011: 10.55China Tourism Day 2012: 10.68Beijing Summer 2012: 10.89Beijing Summer Open 2014: 11.6710.5514.9316 Aug 20096 Jul 2014

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.